extinction massive
The verdict
“extinction massive” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Événement relativement bref à l’échelle des temps géologiques (quelques millions d’années au maximum) au cours duquel au moins 50 % des genres et 10 % des familles d’espèces animales et végétales p...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extinction massive |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “extinction massive” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for extinction massive is 18 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Événement relativement bref à l’échelle des temps géologiques (quelques millions d’années au maximum) au cours duquel au moins 50 % des genres et 10 % des familles d’espèces animales et végétales p...".
No misspelling variants are generated for extinction massive in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is extinction massive, spelled E-X-T-I-N-C-T-I-O-N- -M-A-S-S-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Événement relativement bref à l’échelle des temps géologiques (quelques millions d’années au maximum) au cours duquel au moins 50 % des genres et 10 % des familles d’espèces animales et végétales présentes sur la Terre et dans les océans disparaissent.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct French spelling is E-X-T-I-N-C-T-I-O-N- -M-A-S-S-I-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.